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The $4,000 Community Partnership Initiative Grant not only helped students at Eastlawn Elementary School in Burlington, North Carolina, expand their school's garden, but it also helped teach valuable lessons.

Angyal, professor emeritus of English and environmental studies, is the co-author of "Thomas Berry: A Biography," published in June by Columbia University Press.

The interdisciplinary panel brought together experts from the fields of art, political science, law, environmental studies and food justice.

Timon McPhearson's lecture, "Urban Futures: Transforming Cities for Resilience and Sustainability," was presented by ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College, the College of Arts & Sciences as part of the annual Voices of Discovery series.

The annual festival by the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Garden Studio Class will be held Friday, Oct. 25, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ Community Garden.

The demonstration, which served as the opening of Campus Sustainability Week at ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ, showed how much of the campus' landfill waste could actually be recycled or composted.

Assistant Professor of Biology Jen Hamel and biology major and ÂÒÂ×ÊÓƵ College Fellow Alina Iwan ’19 presented research at Behaviour 2019, a joint meeting of the Animal Behavior Society and the International Conference on Ethology.

Chunco, associate professor of environmental studies, will spend the next two years as the Japheth E. Rawls professor for Undergraduate Research in Science.

President Connie Ledoux Book presented the medallion to a retired faculty member, a retired staff member and a long-time Cone Health executive and supporter of the School of Health Sciences. Faculty members selected for named professorships were also honored as the faculty/staff Planning Week got underway. 

The piece by Samantha DiRosa, associate professor of art and environmental studies, is included in the environmentally-themed exhibition that showcases five artists.